July 8 Whitefish, MT

Slowish day. We took a short hike outside of town for about a mile in the woods. Some nice flowers, but no wildlife. We had seen a bear back in St. Mary, but I couldn't show the picture as it is in a camera inaccessible to the internet.

We were <supposed> to go up a ski lift of the local mountain, but it down for repairs <today> .  So we wandered around town like tourists. While waiting for the bus to take us back to thehotel, we saw a sign for an Amtrak Museum. This had old stuff from the early days of Whitefish, and pictures from all the tree stumps after they cleared the land for the town and railroad. It was jokingly called Stumptown, and there are Tshirts proclaiming that to still be the case.  Back to the hotel for a short rest, and were going back into town for lunch. My sneakers were making a funny squeak, and I discovered the sole was half off. No place to get Shoe Goo, so now in the market for new sneakers.  I did find a pair from Hoka, which I'd never heard of, but what do I know?

So we had a little cocktail reception courtesy of Steve, the 3rd guide. We had heard earlier that our new Canadian guide who we were supposed to meet in Lake Louise, Darcy, was being replaced by another guide, Ann, because of Covid. That was cool; tour guides Steve and Ann. But the new news was that Ann was being replaced by Warwick, who was flying in from Newfoundland! We'll see how that pans out, but we are now on guide #6, and it's only 5 days into the trip! We are praying for Miles, the bus driver. 

Longish day tomorrow as we head back to Canada. We had to fill out more travel documents for the Canadian government.  Blecch.